The read
It runs a compact 18m.
Synopsis
With a series of long takes and frontal camera set-ups, Micheaux provides a record of several cabaret acts, using intertitles to separate the individual numbers. This quietly outrageous film begins with the high-toned Heywood Choir singing "Watermelon time" and concludes with Amon Davis playing a preacher using heavy blackface. Amon Davis was known as "the Back Biting Comedian, Par Excellence", and his sermon is one of Micheaux's many notable send-ups of the clergy.
Ratings
IMDb4.8/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Oscar MicheauxDirector
- Oscar MicheauxWriter
Cast
- Amon DavisCast
- Celeste ColeCast
- Donald HeywoodCast
- Sara MartinCast
- Tim MooreCast
- Andrew TribbleCast